His co-defendant and fiancée, Rebecca Moylan (35) a qualified nurse, was trying to help him cope with his addiction and admitted to stealing prescriptions and unlawfully using them in pharmacies.

Daniel Nevin, 39, of Greenpark Meadows, Mullingar, Co Westmeath, pleaded guilty on Tuesday at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court to ten counts on an indictment for offences of theft, forgery and using false instruments, committed from 2021 until 2024.